laurie746
English expat in Romania
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About me
English
Lives in Sighisoara
Registration: 28 November 2010
About
My expat journey
Sighisoara, Romania
Converting 90 year old house in a Saxon village near Sighisoara. Opening as a pensiunea in April 2011
Guest house owner
Beautiful city surrounded by beautiful countryside with lots of historic buildings, especially the many biserica fortificata
Nothing!
Oxford, England
Moved to Wantage on my marriage to Christine in 1972. Had three different houses in the town were we raised two children. Sadly Chris died in 2001 after a five year fight with cancer. Moved to nearby Grove in 2003. Both children married and I now have three delightful grandchildren (still in England).
Employed in printing industry until 1994 when I went self-employed as a signmaker
A nice place to live in the Vale of White Horse area of the Thames Valley
Always had to travel for work. Employed at various times in Oxford, London and Swindon
Activity
Romanian Language Classes by Margo82
Hi, I've been living in Bucharest since September last year and I still speak only very little Romanian!I'm looking for a Romanian Language School in Bucharest. There is a course starting at the end of March with Romanian Cultural Institute but it's ...
I moved from UK to a village three years ago where nobody speaks English, except one other expat who owns a house nearby but only visits ins summer for a couple of weeks. I did learn a few phrases in the early 90's when making humanitarian aid trips ... Read More
Looking for americans in Iasi, Romania by oliver11
Hi, my name is Oliver and I'm looking for americans located in Iasi, Romania.....
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Anyone have a rough idea how long it takes to buy a house in Romania? by Robin & Sue
Hi. We're moving out to the Sibiu area later this year - when we've sold our current house. Anyone have an idea how long conveyancing takes in Romania? In Britain it can be between 6 & 12 weeks if you're lucky but I have no idea what time scale to ...
Or to avoid frequent reference to Romanian-English dictionary, try Google Translate which can be set to automatically translate web pages. Provides reasonably accurate word for word translation although sometimes the results can be grammatically ... Read More
Anyone have a rough idea how long it takes to buy a house in Romania? by Robin & Sue
Hi. We're moving out to the Sibiu area later this year - when we've sold our current house. Anyone have an idea how long conveyancing takes in Romania? In Britain it can be between 6 & 12 weeks if you're lucky but I have no idea what time scale to ...
Hi Robin and Sue Yes, you are right about many Romanian property websites being hopelessly out of date. My house was one of about 15 listed on a website which was better than most with only a few already sold! Somewhere among my piles of paperwork ... Read More
Anyone have a rough idea how long it takes to buy a house in Romania? by Robin & Sue
Hi. We're moving out to the Sibiu area later this year - when we've sold our current house. Anyone have an idea how long conveyancing takes in Romania? In Britain it can be between 6 & 12 weeks if you're lucky but I have no idea what time scale to ...
Hi Maykal Yes, the lawyer (actually a lady who is in partnership with her husband) did a good job, kept me well informed by email to the UK and also processed my RO company registration for me which ran into a few problems but was eventually ... Read More
Anyone have a rough idea how long it takes to buy a house in Romania? by Robin & Sue
Hi. We're moving out to the Sibiu area later this year - when we've sold our current house. Anyone have an idea how long conveyancing takes in Romania? In Britain it can be between 6 & 12 weeks if you're lucky but I have no idea what time scale to ...
I used an advocat in Sighisoara who was recommended to me by a contact in the city. (Using and advocat is not essential but was for my own peace of mind). This in turn meant we used a notar public in Sighisoara, also for convenience, as it is only ... Read More
Anyone have a rough idea how long it takes to buy a house in Romania? by Robin & Sue
Hi. We're moving out to the Sibiu area later this year - when we've sold our current house. Anyone have an idea how long conveyancing takes in Romania? In Britain it can be between 6 & 12 weeks if you're lucky but I have no idea what time scale to ...
Have you found a property near Sibiu yet? I live 20kms from Sighisoara but just over the border in Sibiu county. My house is a 90 year old Saxon house and very solidly built! The half metre thick outer walls and 350mm interior walls keep the place ... Read More